Xavi your Player of the Match against Eintracht Frankfurt

Xavi Simons has been awarded your HSBC Player of the Match after our 2-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt to see us through to the UEFA Champions League last 16 on Wednesday night.

Former Eintracht man Randal Kolo Muani broke the deadlock shortly after the half-time interval before Dominic Solanke came off the bench to score again in Frankfurt and in consecutive Champions League matches to put the game to bed at Deutsche Bank Park.

Earlier, knowing victory would seal a top eight finish in the league phase table, Xavi was denied the dream start when he sent in Randal's parried cross just three minutes in but Destiny Udogie was deemed to be interfering with play in an offside position in the build-up.

With Xavi and Wilson Odobert operating in the No 10 pockets behind frontman Randal, the attacking trio combined nicely throughout the first half which led to Wilson rattling the post on 29 minutes before our number seven was gifted the ball by goalkeeper Kaua Santos inside the area but the stopper kept out the Dutchman's attempt two minutes later.

Goalless at the break, we then found the deserved breakthrough two minutes into the second half when Xavi's pinpoint deep cross from the left channel was headed back across the six-yard box by Cristian Romero and Randal was on hand to turn the ball into the net from close range against his former club.

The second-half chances kept stacking up for us as we looked to press home our advantage. Pape Matar Sarr, after a sumptuous piece of skill from Xavi in the build-up, saw his low drive tipped round the post before the Dutch international had a deflected effort that rolled agonisingly wide of the post.

Dom, four minutes after entering the action, then sealed the win in the 77th minute with an accurate finish into the bottom corner to secure a fourth-placed finish and send us to the round of 16.

Upon his return to Germany, ex-RB Leipzig player Xavi pulled the strings throughout a tireless 90-minute display in Frankfurt and these impressive stats highlight just how important he was to last night's success. The midfielder completed all three of his attempted dribbles and drew five fouls, backing that up by creating three chances and misplacing just five of his 67 passes throughout the contest.

Whilst a silky operator on the ball, he also put in a proper shift out of possession to finish with a 73 per cent success rate in his ground duels and made seven ball recoveries, capping off another excellent performance to claim consecutive Player of the Match awards in Europe.

Watch - Xavi's Player of the Match display

Player of the Match | 2025/26

Paris Saint-Germain 2-2 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Spurs 3-0 Burnley - Richarlison

Manchester City 0-2 Spurs - Joao Palhinha

Spurs 0-1 AFC Bournemouth - Guglielmo Vicario

West Ham 0-3 Spurs - Lucas Bergvall

Spurs 1-0 Villarreal - Lucas Bergvall

Brighton 2-2 Spurs - Mohammed Kudus

Spurs 3-0 Doncaster Rovers - Joao Palhinha

Spurs 1-1 Wolves - Joao Palhinha

Bodo/Glimt 2-2 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Leeds United 1-2 Spurs - Mohammed Kudus

Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa - Joao Palhinha & Mohammed Kudus

AS Monaco 0-0 Spurs - Guglielmo Vicario

Everton 0-3 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Newcastle 2-0 Spurs - Brennan Johnson

Spurs 0-1 Chelsea - Guglielmo Vicario

Spurs 4-0 FC Copenhagen - Micky van de Ven

Spurs 2-2 Manchester United - Wilson Odobert

Arsenal 1-4 Spurs - Richarlison

PSG 5-3 Spurs - Randal Kolo Muani

Spurs 1-2 Fulham - Mohammed Kudus

Newcastle 2-2 Spurs - Cristian Romero

Spurs 2-0 Brentford - Xavi Simons

Spurs 3-0 Slavia Prague - Xavi Simons

Nottingham Forest 3-0 Spurs - Randal Kolo Muani

Spurs 1-2 Liverpool - Djed Spence

Crystal Palace 0-1 Spurs - Archie Gray

Brentford 0-0 Spurs - Micky van de Ven

Spurs 1-1 Sunderland - Ben Davies

Bournemouth 3-2 Spurs - Mathys Tel

Spurs 1-2 Aston Villa - Joao Palhinha

Spurs 1-2 West Ham - Cristian Romero

Spurs 2-0 Dortmund - Xavi Simons

Burnley 2-2 Spurs - Cristian Romero

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Spurs - Xavi Simons

Player of the Match awards | 2025/26

5 - Micky van de Ven, Joao Palhinha

4 - Xavi Simons, Mohammed Kudus

3 - Cristian Romero, Guglielmo Vicario

2 - Lucas Bergvall, Richarlison, Randal Kolo Muani

1 - Mathys Tel, Ben Davies, Archie Gray, Djed Spence, Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert